Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201170214 - Employee injured when board kicks back from saw

Accident Summary Nr: 201170214 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/22/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125771048	10/15/1996	2511	0	American Oak Curios Corp

Abstract: At 11:50 a.m. on August 22, 1996, Employee #1, age 19, of American Oak Factory, was operating a Diehl power feed rip saw. A section of the board he was cutting split off and kicked back out of the saw, striking him in the abdomen. Employee #1 taken by ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center for treatment of a severe puncture wound. The board that he was cutting was 3/4 in. oak, and the anti-kickback teeth on the saw are connected to the same framework as the power feed rolls, forcing them to adjust as one unit. The result is that when one adjusts the power feed rolls down, as one must to cut thin lumber, the anti-kickback teeth lay at too flat an angle to be effective.

Keywords: KICK BACK, ABDOMEN, GUARD, WORK RULES, SAW, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125771048			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Sawing machine operators

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